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Films whose only Academy Award nomination was for Best Film Editing

by corbaseball12-348-457583 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 year ago
Here are the films where the only Academy Award nomination they received was for Best Film Editing
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  • Mala and Lotus Long in Eskimo (1933)

    1. Eskimo

    19331h 57mPassed
    7.0 (648)
    The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsEdgar DearingPeter FreuchenEdward Hearn
    Won Academy Award for Best Film Editing
  • Janie (1944)

    2. Janie

    19441h 42mApproved
    5.9 (504)
    Janie is a scatterbrained, high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an Army camp just outside town. Janie and her bobby-soxer friends have their hearts set aflutter by the prospect of so many young soldiers residing nearby. Which fella will they choose? But if Janie's family has a say in the matter.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsRobert HuttonEdward ArnoldAnn Harding
  • James Mason and Kathleen Ryan in Odd Man Out (1947)

    3. Odd Man Out

    19471h 56mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (12K)
    A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsJames MasonRobert NewtonCyril Cusack
  • The Window (1949)

    4. The Window

    19491h 13mApproved78Metascore
    7.4 (5.2K)
    To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
    DirectorTed TetzlaffStarsBobby DriscollBarbara HaleArthur Kennedy
  • Sterling Hayden and Richard Carlson in Flat Top (1952)

    5. Flat Top

    19521h 23mApproved
    5.9 (611)
    During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
    DirectorLesley SelanderStarsSterling HaydenRichard CarlsonWilliam Phipps
  • Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch and Joan Vohs in Crazylegs (1953)

    6. Crazylegs

    19531h 27mApproved
    5.5 (231)
    The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
    DirectorFrancis D. LyonStarsElroy 'Crazylegs' HirschLloyd NolanJoan Vohs
  • Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford in Cowboy (1958)

    7. Cowboy

    19581h 32mApproved
    6.7 (3.7K)
    An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordJack LemmonAnna Kashfi
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    8. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (269K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II making a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of their men, hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • Beach Red (1967)

    9. Beach Red

    19671h 45mGP
    6.2 (1.8K)
    As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
    DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeRip TornBurr DeBenning
  • Wild in the Streets (1968)

    10. Wild in the Streets

    19681h 37mR
    5.9 (2.3K)
    A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
    DirectorBarry ShearStarsChristopher JonesShelley WintersDiane Varsi
  • Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, and Paul Sand in The Hot Rock (1972)

    11. The Hot Rock

    19721h 41mPG65Metascore
    6.8 (7.3K)
    Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsRobert RedfordGeorge SegalRon Leibman
  • Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal (1973)

    12. The Day of the Jackal

    19732h 23mPG80Metascore
    7.8 (50K)
    In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsEdward FoxTerence AlexanderMichel Auclair
  • Burt Reynolds in The Longest Yard (1974)

    13. The Longest Yard

    19742h 1mR61Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt ReynoldsEddie AlbertEd Lauter
  • Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor (1975)

    14. Three Days of the Condor

    19751h 57mR63Metascore
    7.4 (66K)
    A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordFaye DunawayCliff Robertson
  • Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, and Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

    15. Smokey and the Bandit

    19771h 36mPG50Metascore
    7.0 (60K)
    The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
    DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsSally FieldJerry Reed
  • Blue Thunder (1983)

    16. Blue Thunder

    19831h 49mR66Metascore
    6.4 (24K)
    The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.
    DirectorJohn BadhamStarsRoy ScheiderWarren OatesCandy Clark
  • Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

    17. Romancing the Stone

    19841h 46mPG63Metascore
    6.9 (108K)
    A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVito
  • Youk the Bear in The Bear (1988)

    18. The Bear

    19881h 36mPG60Metascore
    7.7 (20K)
    An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsTchéky KaryoBart the BearYouk the Bear
  • Robert Arkins in The Commitments (1991)

    19. The Commitments

    19911h 58mR73Metascore
    7.6 (41K)
    Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline Ball
  • Hoop Dreams (1994)

    20. Hoop Dreams

    19942h 50mPG-1398Metascore
    8.3 (29K)
    A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
    DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma Gates
  • Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in Se7en (1995)

    21. Se7en

    19952h 7mR65Metascore
    8.6 (1.9M)
    Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin Spacey

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